From:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: About DJGPP future
Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:24:17 +0000
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Endlisnis wrote:
> 
>     On many machines these days, DirectX programs run faster than their DOS
> equivalents.  Most DOS programs only use VESA compatability which isn't
> enourmously fast (even v2).  On many video cards, they supply directx drivers
> that can do blits/fills/polygons faster than you can ever hope to do in DOS
> (unless they tell you how to take advantage of the hardware acceleration).

Isn't this another one of those "secret hardware" problem (Along the
lines of WinModem, WinPrinter, and WinBoard)?

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Weiqi Gao
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